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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Down the River.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the translation of the name given to many girls born into families without sons?
(a) "Treasured one."
(b) "Extra mouth."
(c) "Not a boy."
(d) "Bring a little brother."

2. Which of these groups is NOT one the author and her husband sought support from?
(a) Other adoptive parents.
(b) Friends.
(c) The clergy.
(d) Their families.

3. What is the period of Mao Zedong's reforms called?
(a) The New Deal.
(b) The Golden Age.
(c) The Mao Dynasty.
(d) The Great Leap Forward.

4. What is on the necklace Karin buys in the farmers' market?
(a) A silver heart.
(b) A silver Buddha.
(c) A jade Buddha.
(d) A jade star.

5. Which of these is NOT a traditional Chinese saying disparaging daughters?
(a) "It is more profitable to raise geese than daughters."
(b) "When fishing for treasures in the flood, be careful not to pull in girls."
(c) "Girls are maggots in the rice."
(d) "Boys are a blessing; girls are a curse."

Short Answer Questions

1. What unusual circumstances involving Chinese adoption exists in one Southern family?

2. What does the author say the book is for her daughter?

3. What is the common name of the system that favors boys over girls?

4. Who says, "Women and people of low birth are hard to deal with"?

5. What is the meaning of the surname "Jiang," given to the babies at Kelly's orphanage?

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